Monday, October 23, 2006

Down the memory hole: "Stay the course"

Yesterday, Big Brother told George Snuphalopogus "Listen, we've never been stay the course, George." Today, White House spokesmodel(TM) Dan Bartlett confirmed that we've always been at war with East Asia: "Well, Hannah, it's never been a 'stay the course' strategy." Billmon and friends, like Winston Smith, think they recall dozens of times when Big Brother used that particular oldspeak phrase, but that's because Billmon and friends don't sufficiently love Big Brother.

We're at war in Iraq. We've always been at war in Iraq. It is the central front in the never-ending war on terror. It has always been the central front in the never-ending war on terror. We are not staying the course. Got it?